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137P/Shoemaker-Levy

Basic Information of 137P/Shoemaker-Levy

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.932916
Eccentricity 0.572766
Inclination (deg) 4.859000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 232.929200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 141.205800
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 9.623228

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2028-07-29T13:25:58.080
Period (years) 9.623228

Magnitude

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Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 14:51:17.49 -17:08:38.9 7.042 26.76 106.0 HIP 72699 11.77
2025-11-22 14:52:00.56 -17:11:35.6 7.035 26.72 106.0 HIP 72699 6.73
2025-11-23 14:52:43.60 -17:14:31.6 7.028 26.68 105.9 HIP 72699 13.44
2025-11-24 14:53:26.60 -17:17:26.8 7.021 26.63 105.9 HIP 72699 23.32
2025-11-25 14:54:09.54 -17:20:21.1 7.013 26.59 105.8 HIP 72717 32.09
2025-11-26 14:54:52.43 -17:23:14.7 7.006 26.53 105.8 HIP 73097 40.93
2025-11-27 14:55:35.25 -17:26:07.4 6.998 26.48 105.7 HIP 73238 36.05
2025-11-28 14:56:18.01 -17:28:59.1 6.989 26.42 105.7 HIP 73238 26.57
2025-11-29 14:57:00.69 -17:31:50.0 6.981 26.36 105.6 HIP 73238 18.36
2025-11-30 14:57:43.29 -17:34:40.0 6.972 26.29 105.6 HIP 73262 9.40
2025-12-01 14:58:25.81 -17:37:29.0 6.963 26.22 105.5 HIP 73262 4.62
2025-12-02 14:59:08.23 -17:40:17.0 6.954 26.15 105.5 HIP 73290 6.27
2025-12-03 14:59:50.56 -17:43:04.1 6.945 26.07 105.4 HIP 73290 16.50
2025-12-04 15:00:32.78 -17:45:50.1 6.935 25.99 105.4 HIP 73290 26.87
2025-12-05 15:01:14.90 -17:48:35.1 6.926 25.91 105.3 HIP 73636 28.60
2025-12-06 15:01:56.90 -17:51:19.1 6.916 25.82 105.3 HIP 73636 21.26
2025-12-07 15:02:38.79 -17:54:02.0 6.905 25.82 105.3 HIP 73636 17.36